Mr. Cravaack (for
himself and Mr. Bishop of New York)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure

A BILL

To ensure that certain flight, duty, and rest
requirements apply to all-cargo air operations, and for other
purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the
Safe Skies Act of 2012.

2.

Applicability of
requirements

(a)

In
general

Not later than the
effective date of the covered final rule, the Secretary of Transportation shall
take appropriate actions to ensure that the flight, duty, and rest requirements
under that rule apply to all-cargo operations conducted by air carriers in the
same manner as such requirements apply to passenger operations conducted by air
carriers.

(b)

Definitions

In
this section, the term covered final rule means the final rule of
the Department of Transportation—

(1)

published in the
Federal Register on January 4, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 330 et seq.); and